The Effects of Early Mobilization on Pain and Quality of Recovery in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Surgery:

Objective: This study was conducted to determine the effects of early mobilization on pain and quality of recovery in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Materials and methods: Pretest-posttest experimental design with control group. This study was carried out at the General Surgery Inpatient Clinic of a state hospital between April 2021 and January 2022. A total of 90 patients were included in the study. Starting with two hours after surgery, the patients in the experimental group were mobilized at least 6 times in 24 hours. A “Patient Description Form”, the “Visual Analog Scale for Pain”, and the “Quality of Recovery-40 Questionnaire” were used to collect data. Results: The introductory and medical characteristics of the patients in the intervention and control groups were similar. There was no significant difference between the pain and recovery quality mean scores of the patients in the two groups at the 2nd postoperative hour. The mean pain scores of the patients in the intervention group at the 24th hour and on the 15th day after surgery were found to be significantly lower than the scores of those in the control group. It was found that the mean recovery quality scores of the patients in the intervention group at the 24th hour and on the 15th day after surgery were also higher than those of the patients in the control group. Conclusions: It was determined that early mobilization reduced the level of pain and increased the quality of recovery in laparoscopic cholecystectomy patients.